How Britain's Invasion CHANGED South America Forever (1806-1807)

In 1806–1807, Britain launched one of its most ambitious and unconventional military gambles: the invasions of South America. This documentary tells the dramatic true story of how Commodore Sir Home Riggs Popham and Brigadier-General William Carr Beresford led a small, unauthorized British force across the Atlantic to seize the wealthy Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

The British captured Buenos Aires with astonishing ease—but holding it proved a disaster. What followed was a brutal urban war unlike anything the Redcoats had ever faced. Rooftops became battlegrounds, civilians turned into soldiers, and the streets of Buenos Aires erupted into one of the most intense close-quarter fights of the 19th century.

This film explores the bold ambition, tactical failures, and fierce resistance that shaped the fate of an entire continent. From the muddy waters of the Río de la Plata to the smoky barricades of Buenos Aires, witness how a seemingly minor colonial clash would ignite the spark that helped launch the South American independence movements—and became one of Britain’s most humbling defeats of the Redcoat era.

Prepare for a gripping, cinematic journey into a forgotten conflict that nearly changed the map of the New World forever.

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